{"id":11464,"date":"2020-07-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=11464"},"modified":"2020-07-08T07:30:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T12:30:43","slug":"heading-home-from-school-look-both-ways-by-jason-reynolds-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=11464","title":{"rendered":"Heading home from school? LOOK BOTH WAYS, by Jason Reynolds (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Who’s smart or not,
friendly, sneaky, silly –
at school, you know who’s who\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last class of the day, then off they go in all directions – friends and bullies, foster kids and only kids, thinking about homework, thinking of anything but school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In your neighborhood, everybody knows whose mama is fighting cancer again<\/a> and where the mean dog lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things that folks don’t know: why Cynthia tells jokes on Cinder’s Stage every day at 3:33, how loud the anxiety roars<\/a> in Ty’s head, what Pia is thinking as she skateboards everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This “tale told in ten blocks” by Black kids interweaves friendship, family histories, new attraction, and old memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work on your own story with help from the author; Jason Reynolds has started the “Write, Right, Rite” project<\/a> as National Ambassador for Children’s Literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do you think about on the way home from school?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: Look Both Ways: a Tale Told in Ten Blocks \/ Jason Reynolds; illustrations by Alexander Nabaum. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2019. [author site<\/a>] [artist site<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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